“After the horror of the Bondi Junction stabbings, the federal and state and territory governments committed to a national mental health ministers’ meeting, who discussed joint action on mental health reform.
“Currently, three months on, no date and no agenda has been set for this meeting.
“Please, in the long shadow of the horror of Jade’s death, I beg you, as the voice of three shattered households, please actually do something about the discrepancies, the disparities, the inconsistencies in current mental health funding and management between the federal government and states, and between states.
“Think as ordinary humans. Think as a mother, a father, a husband, a sister, a brother.
“Find the courage to work together to coordinate action on mental health reform and funding. We need a coordinated national approach to mental healthcare so that, no matter where you live, you should be able to receive the care that you’ll need.
“Australia’s mental health system is in crisis, and now is the time to act.”